- Cheerfully
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
People who face too many demands - two careers, two children - often scale back somehow. The Obamas scaled up.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
Interpreting anyone's marriage - a neighbor's, let alone the president's - is extremely difficult.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would say that Barack Obama has always been a real optimist about what can be accomplished. He believes that government can be used to create systemic, long-term, real change. And the first lady is more of a skeptic.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
First ladies, you know, we look at Michelle Obama, and we look at most first ladies, and they seem like they have it all. You know, they live in the White House, they go to state dinners, they ride on Air Force One, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. But first ladies do often feel that they are given short shrift or forgotten or left at the margins.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent a lot of time in the White House in the public areas where reporters are allowed to go, but I spoke to people about the private quarters as well. Some of the things I learned were small, novelistic details. For example, the fact that there were still pet stains on the carpets from the Bush cats when the Obamas moved in.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess there were things about the Obamas I discovered that I do think are universal to marriage. I found it very interesting in my reporting that their most difficult periods in the White House almost never seemed to coincide. When one was down, the other one was holding it together. In my experience, that's true of marriage generally.
- Examining
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- Nov 07, 2020